Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Smokey Robinson

Charting Jul 7, 1973 → Nov 23, 1991 · 268 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 268 wk, UK Singles Chart 49 wk (2 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Dwight McCann / Chumash Casino Resort / www.DwightMcCann.com, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Jun 1981) · First crown Jun 1981
Global Music Power
5 crowns
19731991
Longest reign 5 weeks (May–Jun 1981) · First crown May 1981

Billboard Hot 100 · 268 wk UK Singles Chart · 49 wk Global Music Power · 282 wk

Peak Power: 2.51%; week of Jun 20, 1981
Career Power: 219; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 53; March 1981 – March 1982
Peak Five Years: 118; March 1979 – February 1984
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 268; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.44%; week of May 23, 1981
Comebacks: 1; Jun 1987, after 6 quiet years

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

24 records · 219 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Being With YouApple Music	#2May 1981	25	February 1981 – August 1981	47.6	46.8
CruisinApple Music	#4February 1980	25	October 1979 – March 1980	43.5	43.0
Just To See HerApple Music	#8July 1987	21	March 1987 – August 1987	26.3	26.3
One HeartbeatApple Music	#10October 1987	19	July 1987 – November 1987	21.6	21.6
Baby Come CloseApple Music	#27February 1974	16	November 1973 – March 1974	11.1	11.0
Baby That's BackatchaApple Music	#26June 1975	11	April 1975 – July 1975	9.4	9.4
Let Me Be The ClockApple Music	#31May 1980	14	March 1980 – June 1980	8.8	8.8
The Agony And The EcstasyApple Music	#36November 1975	12	September 1975 – November 1975	8.3	8.3
Tell Me Tomorrow - Part IApple Music	#33March 1982	12	January 1982 – April 1982	8.1	8.0
Sweet HarmonyApple Music	#48September 1973	13	July 1973 – September 1973	5.6	5.6
There Will Come A Day (I'm Gonna Happen To You)Apple Music	#42April 1977	11	February 1977 – April 1977	4.8	4.8
Ebony Eyeswith Rick JamesApple Music	#43January 1984	11	December 1983 – February 1984	3.2	6.2
Old Fashioned LoveApple Music	#60May 1982	9	April 1982 – June 1982	2.8	2.7
I Am I AmApple Music	#56January 1975	9	December 1974 – February 1975	2.8	2.7
Virgin ManApple Music	#56November 1974	7	September 1974 – November 1974	2.6	2.6
Blame It On Lovewith Barbara MitchellApple Music	#48August 1983	12	July 1983 – September 1983	2.5	5.0
Quiet StormApple Music	#61February 1976	7	January 1976 – February 1976	2.1	2.1
What's Too MuchApple Music	#79December 1987	10	November 1987 – January 1988	1.8	1.9
Daylight And DarknessApple Music	#75July 1978	8	June 1978 – July 1978	1.6	1.6
OpenApple Music	#81July 1976	9	May 1976 – July 1976	1.5	1.5
You Are ForeverApple Music	#59July 1981	7	June 1981 – August 1981	1.4	2.1
It's Her Turn To LiveApple Music	#82June 1974	5	May 1974 – June 1974	0.7	0.7
Pops, We Love You (A Tribute To Father)with Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Stevie WonderApple Music	#59February 1979	8	January 1979 – March 1979	0.6	2.3
Double Good EverythingApple Music	#91November 1991	3	November 1991 – November 1991	0.4	0.4

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At their peak

1981 in music →

Smokey Robinson's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1981 to March 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.